We provide advice and support in two main areas:
Corporate and financial communications
managing reputational issues and risks
building relationships with media and opinion formers
managing sentiment around a company, issue or transaction
Public affairs
providing political and market intelligence
engaging with legislators and regulators on specific issues
managing dialogue with stakeholders to influence the policy
environment
Specific areas of expertise include:
Political intelligence
in-depth reporting on political issues and trends
intelligence on regulatory and legislative issues
early warning on likely potential developments
Advocacy campaigns
developing strategies to influence decision makers
supporting direct representations to officials and participation
in working groups or public hearings
Agenda-setting
developing position papers and research studies
securing partnership and dialogue opportunities
crafting education and awareness programmes
Reputation management
identifying reputational issues and risks
developing strategies to contain critical issues
training spokespersons and management
‘live’ issues and crisis management support
Stakeholder engagement
identifying and profiling stakeholders
understanding stakeholder perceptions
supporting c-suite outreach and engagement
building alliances & securing third party support
Corporate profiling
developing strategies for corporate profiling
generating positive media coverage, incl.
in depth feature coverage
corporate and financial announcements
Impact
Our work starts and ends with a focus on headline business objectives ; not just focusing on ‘outputs’ but on ‘outcomes’ and the delivery of real business benefits.
Foreign investment
shortening the time it takes to secure permits or approvals for investments
increasing preference for an investor in a contested or competitive transaction
maximising investment incentives, esp. fiscal
Capital markets
increasing and/or maintaining share price, both for initial offerings and on an ongoing basis
managing investor sentiment to improve credit ratings
Operational efficiency
increasing ‘bang for buck’ on PR and marketing spend
aligning communications and investor relations strategy with headline business goals
Restructuring and change
helping to increase understanding and acceptance of organisational change especially;
post M&A integration
operational efficiency programmes
redundancies and site closures
Top/bottom line performance
avoiding damaging regulatory or legislative changes and/or securing positive changes
supporting B2B or public sector sales
